2012 Bojangles Southern 500 Race Results
Darlington Raceway | Saturday, May 12, 2012
| Fin | st | Car | Driver | Laps | Pts | Winnings | Status |
| 1 | 2 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 368 | 48/2 | 0 | Running |
| 2 | 8 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 368 | 43/1 | 0 | Running |
| 3 | 17 | 14 | Tony Stewart | 368 | 41/0 | 0 | Running |
| 4 | 5 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 368 | 41/1 | 0 | Running |
| 5 | 6 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | 368 | 40/1 | 0 | Running |
| 6 | 19 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | 368 | 38/0 | 0 | Running |
| 7 | 7 | 99 | Carl Edwards | 368 | 37/0 | 0 | Running |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | 368 | 37/1 | 0 | Running |
| 9 | 28 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | 368 | 35/0 | 0 | Running |
| 10 | 21 | 20 | Joey Logano | 368 | 34/0 | 0 | Running |
| 11 | 26 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | 368 | 33/0 | 0 | Running |
| 12 | 1 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 368 | 33/1 | 0 | Running |
| 13 | 14 | 27 | Paul Menard | 368 | 31/0 | 0 | Running |
| 14 | 9 | 78 | Regan Smith | 368 | 30/0 | 0 | Running |
| 15 | 15 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 368 | 29/0 | 0 | Running |
| 16 | 23 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | 368 | 28/0 | 0 | Running |
| 17 | 24 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 368 | 28/1 | 0 | Running |
| 18 | 10 | 31 | Jeff Burton | 368 | 26/0 | 0 | Running |
| 19 | 13 | 43 | Aric Almirola | 368 | 25/0 | 0 | Running |
| 20 | 18 | 55 | Mark Martin | 368 | 24/0 | 0 | Running |
| 21 | 25 | 51 | Kurt Busch | 368 | 23/0 | 0 | Running |
| 22 | 31 | 13 | Casey Mears | 368 | 22/0 | 0 | Running |
| 23 | 4 | 39 | Ryan Newman | 368 | 22/1 | 0 | Running |
| 24 | 27 | 42 | Juan Montoya | 366 | 20/0 | 0 | Running |
| 25 | 36 | 38 | David Gilliland | 366 | 19/0 | 0 | Running |
| 26 | 20 | 83 | Landon Cassill | 366 | 19/1 | 0 | Running |
| 27 | 34 | 36 | Dave Blaney | 365 | 17/0 | 0 | Running |
| 28 | 37 | 34 | David Ragan | 364 | 16/0 | 0 | Running |
| 29 | 22 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | 364 | 15/0 | 0 | Running |
| 30 | 42 | 32 | Reed Sorenson | 363 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 31 | 38 | 10 | Danica Patrick | 362 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 32 | 33 | 73 | Travis Kvapil | 362 | 12/0 | 0 | Running |
| 33 | 16 | 22 | AJ Allmendinger | 357 | 11/0 | 0 | Running |
| 34 | 11 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | 345 | 10/0 | 0 | Running |
| 35 | 12 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | 339 | 9/0 | 0 | Running |
| 36 | 41 | 93 | David Reutimann | 314 | 8/0 | 0 | Running |
| 37 | 43 | 49 | J.J. Yeley | 132 | 7/0 | 0 | Clutch |
| 38 | 39 | 74 | Cole Whitt | 35 | 0 | 0 | Vibration |
| 39 | 32 | 30 | David Stremme | 32 | 5/0 | 0 | Overheating |
| 40 | 40 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | 27 | 0 | 0 | Power |
| 41 | 35 | 52 | Mike Skinner | 20 | 0 | 0 | Electrical |
| 42 | 29 | 79 | Scott Speed | 20 | 2/0 | 0 | Overheating |
| 43 | 30 | 26 | Josh Wise | 19 | 1/0 | 0 | Vibration |